Backgammon Online

04-Sep-2014
11:27 PDT

We have eleven teams that are ready to go:
1. USA
2. UK1 - 3
3. UK2 - 3
4. Iran1
5. Iran2 - 3
6. Romania1
7. Romania2
8. CIS
9. Colo-Pak - 3
10. Canada - 3
11. Germany

The teams with 3 members may recruit one more.

It would be nice if we could complete just one more team to get it up to twelve!
The tourney will start this week end or early next week.

05-Sep-2014
09:44 PDT

I can play for Canada.

06-Sep-2014
01:28 PDT

The Netherlands will participate in NT3 with the following players:
1 Siggelito
2 Hamilton 57
3 Pedeko
4 Niek90

At this point, we will freeze the number of teams.

The following teams may add one more member by Monday morning (BST)
UK1
UK2
Iran2
Colombia-Pakistan:

06-Sep-2014
02:16 PDT

General:
The tournament of nations is a friendly competition amongst members of zooescape to promote camaraderie with fellow countrymen and friendship with members of foreign lands.

Format:
A team shall consist of three or four players. 12 teams have been created for the third competition. They shall be divided in three groups of four teams.
Competition will see each team play the other three teams in its own group once. A team v. team match shall consist of each of the three or four members of a "home" team challenging each of the three or four members of the "visiting" team to a 3-day backgammon game.

The final round shall consist of the three group winners plus a fourth team (see tie breakers).

Recording victories:
When any game in a team v. team match is completed, either player involved or a designated member ("captain") of the either team, shall record the outcome in the "nations III results" thread of the backgammon forum.

Partial and final (full time) results will be posted occasionally in that same thread.


Points awarded:
A team shall receive two points for a victory, one point for a draw.
The standings shall show a team's victories and points
E.g.
1. TeamA 5-4 2 points
2. Team B 4-5 0 points

Tie-breakers:
The group winners shall be the team with the most points. Should two or more teams end up even on points within a group, the tie-breakers, in order, are:
1. Victory percentage
2. Head-to-head competition between the two teams
3. A one-game playoff

The fourth team to make the final round shall be chosen as follows:
1. Should there be a tie in one of the groups, both teams shall advance.
Should there be a tie in more than one group or no ties at all, the tie breaker shall consist of:
1. Points
2. Victory percentage
3. A one-game playoff

Substitutions:
Should a team's player withdraw from further competition or leave on holiday (vacation) for more than one week, he should decline the games in any match and inform his team's captain of his decision.
In that case,
* a 4-man team may continue to play as a 3-man team or attempt to recruit a new member within three days
* a 3-man team shall attempt to recruit a new member within three days. Should that attempt fail, the third member's games shall be deemed as forfeited.

A substitute may not be recruited from another team unless that team has already been eliminated from further competition.

08-Sep-2014
02:01 PDT

If you'll have me - count me in for England.

08-Sep-2014
03:50 PDT

This post was deleted by catquest on 14-Oct-2014, 02:15 PDT

08-Sep-2014
04:46 PDT

The teams are now frozen for Match Day 1.

After some last-minute changes, they are:
1. USA (Oldman69, Dadooo, Pokhra, Nightking)
2. Netherlands (Hamilton 57, Siggelito, Pedeko, Niek90)
3. UK1 (Guthers, Cavvie8, Simonfox, Catquest)
4. UK2 (Yiannakos, Joelincs, Tra Raiz, Fredlaband)
5. Canada (Lilwarrior, Eagle-tee, Rldee58, Ojibway)
6. Germany (Steelerhead, Regina, Tax64x, Chingachkook)
7. Iran1 (Maziariran, Vida, Hshssa, Golgol959)
8. Iran2 (Uhannna, Moradipeyman2000, Kindman1390)
9. Romania1 (Lordonny, Mariusadi, TATUS-the-BEST, Adicekov)
10. Romania2 (Klimtkiss, Maestro, Gigi30, Joepesci)
11. COL-PAK (Ahmed Arslan, David Cool, ChWaqasAhmed)
12 CIS (Maidann,Ehsankatouzian, Blokhin2, Carefree)

08-Sep-2014
04:48 PDT

The schedule for all three groups will be as follows:

Match Day1
A v. B
C v. D
Match Day2
D v. A
B v. C
Match Day 3
A v. C
B v. D

08-Sep-2014
05:00 PDT

1. USA are drawn in group B
2. NED -- group B
3. UK1 -- group B
4. UK2 -- group A
5. Canada - group A
6. Germany - group C
7. Iran1 - group A
8. Iran2 - group C
9. ROM1 - group A
10 ROM2 - group C
11. Col-Pak - group C
12. CIS -- group B

08-Sep-2014
05:06 PDT

Group A
UK2
Canada
Iran1
Romania1

Group B
USA
Netherlands
UK1
CIS

Group C
Germany
Iran2
Romania2
Colombia-Pakistan

Match Day 1
UK2 - Canada
Iran1 - Romania1
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USA - Netherlands
UK1 - CIS
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Germany - Iran2
Romania2 - Col-Pak

The invitations will be sent out to the captains of the teams